planted a yellow heirloom in a container, outside. tons of sun, well
watered, not too much wind. althought generally health, recently the lower
leaves started curling, should i be concerned? there were some bugs
(aphids?) which I picked off and which haven't returned. time to break out
the antibug spray? how does neem work with tomatoes?

thanks in advance,

js

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planted a yellow heirloom in a container, outside. tons of sun, well
watered, not too much wind. althought generally health, recently the lower
leaves started curling, should i be concerned? there were some bugs
(aphids?) which I picked off and which haven't returned. time to break
out
the antibug spray? how does neem work with tomatoes?


Tomato leaf roll is a common condition of minimum consequence. Aphids,
OTOH, must be controlled if your plants are to thrive. Safer Insecticidal
soap spray works, as does a simple, brisk spray of water. The water spray
treatment needs to be repeated more often than the soap spray, but it/s
free, save the water/s cost.

A horticulturist friend of mine saw my tomato plants do the same thing about
a month ago. He said it was either too much or too little water. I began
watering less, and the curling stopped.

"Daniel Glazer" wrote in message
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planted a yellow heirloom in a container, outside. tons of sun, well
watered, not too much wind. althought generally health, recently the lower
leaves started curling, should i be concerned? there were some bugs
(aphids?) which I picked off and which haven't returned. time to break
out the antibug spray? how does neem work with tomatoes?

thanks in advance,

js